Fanum

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

Fanum, i, n.,

a city in Umbria , on the Adriatic Sea , with a celebrated temple of Fortuna , now Fano , Caes. B. C. 1, 11 fin. ; called also Fanum Fortunae, Plin. 3, 14, 19, § 113; Tac. H. 3, 50; Inscr. Orell. 83 and 84; and Colonia Fanestris, Vitr. 2, 9, 16; 5, 1, 6; cf. Inscr. Orell. 1535; 3143; 3969.

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